Burning in paradise

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  • Yo, Remember Leon Thomas?

    If you’ve been tuning into the radio show, you may have picked up on some of the songs we played from Leon Thomas. Honestly I wish I could just play you the entire album “MUTT”, Leon’s sophomore album. It was a surprise to me to know that he was actually making music when I rediscovered Leon Thomas. When I saw Leon Thomas’ face I quickly realized that he was the actor on Nickelodeon that was always carrying a guitar. I believe he had played some performances on Victorious but I hadn’t heard anything as far as a personal album ever come during that time or anything after his period on Nickelodeon. Plus that was over 10 years ago at least. Leon has gone from a child actor to a full blown artist as well as a grown man. Even if he had made an album I don’t believe that it would be as soulful as MUTT is today. Artists need time to live and understand a bit of pain and love to make an album like MUTT. 

    This morning on February 20th, 2025 Thomas’ performance at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert was released on Youtube. Showcasing what years of carrying around that guitar and life experience has culminated into.

    WOW, Treasure in the Hills if definitely going into the library for me.


    Set List

    “VIBES DON’T LIE”

    “YES IT IS”

    “MUTT”

    “Breaking Point”

    “Treasure In The Hills”

     If you like me and you hear an artist, love their music, and instantly want to know more about them, I found an interview with the Breakfast Club from a month ago where Leon Thomas sat down and spoke about his time on Broadway and Nickelodeon, his production and his history that most of us probably aren’t familiar with.

  • Whatcha Listening to: 12 by Westside Gunn

    The 12th installment in the Hitler Wears Hermes series by Westside Gunn.

    Some songs that caught my ear from the first play through:

    2. Bosewell

    3. Adam Page

    10. Outlander

  • Still Watching: Greyson Fletcher

    Still Watching: Greyson Fletcher

    Jake Phelps was the face of thrasher and since his passing, it’s hard to think of thrasher and not think about Jake. I think the staff at Thrasher knows that, I mean Jake was a literal human encyclopedia when it came to Thrasher history. It’s nuts! There’s a clip somewhere of Rowan talking about calling Jake and asking him about a photo from an old magazine from the nineties and Jake, without hesitation, knew exactly what Rowan was talking about. There’s a few times that this has happened. Jake’s life was the mag!

    Since then Thrasher has done a beautiful thing keeping his memory alive with the series, Still Watching. Where skateboarders talk about their favorite memories with Jake. What he meant to them and what it was like to be around him. The week it was with Greyson Fletcher, a skater that I wasn’t the must hype on when he first came across my screen but over the years and watching him skate and watching his interview, I’ve come to like the guy. He is completely different from what I thought he would be like, whatever my wack mind came up with at the time, but dude’s a ripper. Greyson Fletcher shares what Jake did for him on a trip to Brazil and how he helped him get a gnarly feature in magnified.

  • Laugh Therapy with MIKE and The Victory Light Podcast

    The Victory Light podcast continues its tear as they bring up MIKE for today’s episode and I died laughing. With hosts like Rainey and Mero you’re always going to have a couple of laughs but when MIKE felt the vibe it was like they just bro’d out and laughed at everything from MIKE’s first time in Japan, to MIKE touring in the UK. Laughter was today’s therapy for sure. Love the pod for bringing MIKE on. MIKE is a real one.

  • Tyshawn stopped at the Breakfast Club. It’s a must watch.

    Tyshawn grew up skateboarding in the streets of New York and though he’s been in the Breakfast Club’s backyard for years, he’s still relatively unknown in major media spaces. He sits and talks about coming up in skateboarding and he’s watched things change since he’s been in the sport. From skateboarding being an outcast sport to being accepted, a lot of people still don’t understand how a person becomes a pro in skateboarding or how the business works and Tyshawn does his best to shed some light on his perspective of skateboarding.

    I wish this was a bit longer but maybe Tyshawn will be back

  • RADIO BNP101X Episode 9: New Music and Technical Difficulties

    RADIO BNP101X Episode 9: New Music and Technical Difficulties

    Tracklist

    Spider-man Superman by drake

    Innocence by felt

    Cuz We Wanted Like It by felt

    Crush ft. jorja smith by aj tracey

    More than friends by hanani, westside boogie

    Body language ft. sasha keable by ezra collective

    Candy gum by emotional oranges, jessie reyez, becky g

    I wish by jay worthy

    Pardon me by joey bada$$

    Tru organics by larry june, 2 chainz, the alchemist

    Feelings on silent ft wale by leon thomas

    Little things by ella mai

    Die trying by partynextdoor, drake, yebba

    Cult of personality by living colour

    2000 blues by felt

    You know this biss ft. project pat by dj paul

    Stash by black milk, fat ray

    I dont give a fuck by 2pac

    Hey good lookin by hank williams

    Pimmie’s dilemma by pimmie, partynextdoor, drake

    Gimme a hug by drake

    Highest in the room by travis scott

    Chinatown wars by ghostface killah, mf doom

  • 1988

    this is one of my favorite albums to comeback to. if you don’t know about knxwledge you need to take a moment and listen to this or play it in the background while you go about your day.

  • Neckface w. Living Proof New York

    Neckface w. Living Proof New York

    Neckface sat down with Living Proof New York, a podcast out of New York that interviews different artists and skateboarders. They seem pretty raw and real, asking genuine questions with minimal set up. Nothing feels overly produced but there’s a genuine curiosity for whoever is sitting across the table. Neckface sat down with them a while ago and it made for good conversation.

    Neckface has been around in skateboarding since forever. I don’t remember when I was first introduced to him (via online video) I just thought he was just some skate homie around thrasher that people liked. He was funny never taking anything too serious. Reminded me of some people I know in my personal life. Eventually I found out he was an artist. When you see his art, it’s uniquely him. I haven’t seen anything like it. 

    I haven’t really seen him sit down with anyone and really talk about his origin story. What got him into art and graffiti? Influences? Stuff like that. But my favorite question he answered was, “how does he balance his passion for art as a job?” I think he gives the best answer I’ve seen so far!

    It’s a good watch, check it out!

    Here’s some bonus footy of Neckface out hitting up some spot in New York

  • Andrew Allen talks Movies with Quartersnacks

    Quartersnack sat down with Andrew Allen to talk about some of his favorite movies and the references that he’s pulled from them over the years. Board graphics, video part songs, magazine ads, a bunch of stuff that I didn’t realize were references to films I had seen before. I should probably pull things from my favorite films or television shows and see what I can do. 

    Movies mentioned in the video:

    Point Break

    The Lost Boys (1987)

    Heat

    Goodfellas

    Terminator 2

    Twin Peaks (1990)

  • Searching for My NorthStar

    It’s been a few years since I stopped practicing my faith and since then I’ve been wandering around searching for a northstar. Somewhere to plan my flag, a foundation to push off on. I’ve left religion for philosophy, reading the bushido code, Huey P. Newton, watching video essays on Carl Jung, and nothing feels quite right. But I think I’m closer today than I was ten years ago. Or maybe I’ve been building my own philosophy, my own code. Every man needs a code. A set of rules that they abide by out of internal conviction rather than external obligation. 

    That’s what religion brought me. An unquestionable way of life that can’t be challenged, or at least that is the way it was presented to me. Everyone tries to live a certain way, following the rules of the bible.

    What I found in reality was no one was living the lifestyle. Though everyone was trying but when emotions ran high the real person bleed through. The person they were trying to leave behind, the person their religion told them was no good, was still there under their Sunday’s best. The person never changed, they were just repressed. Push down under as far as he could go but eventually coming up for air. 

    I don’t think that religion or at least the way that it addresses the human condition in the church, doesn’t address a man’s soul. It leaves everything to imagine and metaphor, open to interpretation. Their examples don’t always translate to the individual but rather sets a standard of what it’s expected. It draws a finish line with no map and no contexts. 

    Man is meant to be tested and come to his own conclusions after conscious contemplation and reflection. How else can he know his limits and his capabilities? He doesn’t want to find his limitation when it’s life and death. A moment that challenges his entire being doesn’t want to be a split moment decision like in the movies. That means making mistakes, having regrets, not trying to imitate a god-like man. Originally and self-experience built character

    But then I start to question, how does a child find the basics, morals, valves, right and wrong? Is it the duty to the parents or society, community or history? And even then these things are sliding scales. Some parents lie to their kids to preserve their innocence. They say the Easter bunnies and Santa Claus, tooth fairies and what not. Killing a human can be viewed as honorable if it’s done for your country.

    The best option is just to lead by example and show the child, rather than teach them. Be patient and explain when necessary.